One month on.
Hello from Wanaka, New Zealand this time! Long time, no blog. I thought I’d write a bit of a life update on what I've been up to since I left Japan, what I miss about Japan and what my next move is going to be. So, I arrived back in Auckland on January 18 th , and instantly I noticed a huge amount of diversity in ethnicities and sizes of people. Japan is such a homogenous culture, and there’s also the pressure for people (especially women) to stay thin, so a lot of people have similar builds, and the majority are of Japanese descent (including half Japanese). New Zealand is a multicultural society with people of all nationalities, religions and backgrounds calling our shores home, so it was definitely a bit eye-opening to be hit with that straight off the plane. After clearing customs and immigration, I inserted my New Zealand sim card back into my phone, expecting it to work straight away. However, my screen displayed the words No Service, so I was reliant on airport wifi ...